Paul Torridon rides the fabulous steed Ashur on his way to Fort Kendry with his guide, plainsman Roger Lincoln, in The Man from the Sky. When Roger disappears one morning, Paul knows only that finding Fort Kendry by himself will be almost impossible -- and that's if he manages to survive on the empty plains. Then he comes upon ailing Cheyenne warrior Standing Bull sprawled on a small island in a dry gulch . . . On his deathbed, gunman Hank Peyton...

"Carcajou's Trail" is about John Banner, who is hired to protect two men being led by a blind man to a rich cache of gold. "Señor Billy" Jeffers is admired by Mexicans but rejected by Anne Calhoun, who favors Dixie Trimble. Sworn not to hurt the cowardly Dixie, Bill sets out to make him a hero. In the title story, John Cameron, who is part Indian, faces prejudice when he tries to avenge the robbery and brutal murder of his partner in a mining claim....

"When Iron Turns to Gold" was the sequel Max Brand wrote to the novel Iron Dust, and it has been included in this new Western trio. A pardon exonerated Andrew Lanning of any crime he may have committed during his time as an outlaw. Marshal Hal Dozier, instrumental in obtaining that pardon, has urged Andy to return to Martindale and his former life there as a blacksmith. Anne Withero, the woman Lanning loves, has returned to the East. And Martindale...